I will give you a proper review on all chapters but for right now I need the end. Please just make sure Miss Parker is happy. Please!

Tension is right! Sexual tension, tension of the furture, tension in voices, tension in looks. You balance everything out extremely well Mirage and you always leavve me dying for more! Your characterizations never fail to wow me! This is how things were on the show, this is how my characters behaved. The way Jarod and Miss Parker will get close and then she always ALWAYS chooses the Centre over him. Perfect! I love love love how Kyle tells Miss Parker it wasn't that funny. He wouldn't like cops so I totally get that and it was really subtle. She barks at Ethan some too and that is really refreshing because Miss Parker doesn't hold back from anyone and she totally expected him to side with her...another disappointment for her. Thank you for keeping it real with responsibility and including Jarod. He wouldn't get off scott free for impersonating FBI, doctors, and all. My day is made. Thank you Mirage!

Thrilling excitement and attention to two things that need it. Human trafficking and the environment and what happens when one gets in the way of the other. I like the way you draw attention without being too overt. Well done. I think of your other story which I'm read and will be reviewing in a moment and then I think of all of your stories and most of them contain serious issues and it seems that you are using Jarod and Miss Parker and these characters we love to make a point. It's not just get fan tongue wagging drooling excitement but there is something deeper. You are educating in a round about way so it won't be dull. Amazing. I should have seen this before. Keep doing what you're doing. I love it.

I've given out the 10 rating before but you m'dear deserve more than a 10. Honey, you blew my mind..enough said. Please don't ever stop writing.

This is that other issue you highlight inside an already moving and emotional story. The prose and dialogue are familiar to what we know. These characters have a way and you have captured that "way" and you grow them. The full development you write is what I wanted to see when I used to watch The Pretender while doing my algebra homework. I read you and it's like they are there in front of me again and even better. I love this story. I love that Jarod loves Miss Parker enough to know he doesn't need the sex, that he doesn't want to risk what they have for the physical. He is lying at her side and sharing her bed and giving her comfort. Something else I noticed is a profound example of consent. She isn't trying to convince him to have sex with her or jumping his bones. She doesn't resent him or try to pressure him or tell him he isn't man enough. He explained how things were and she respected him enough to leave it at that. What you've given us here is a special magical gift Mirage. Right now more than ever this lesson needs to be heard. Thank you. Just thank you and wow. So much wow.

Oh hell yes. I LOVE! I need more.

Oo. ? It wasn't Jarod? I'm glad it wasn't. Now I'm even more afraid for Sydney though. The way you write mental illness is for real though.

Oo. OMG. Jarod just put a gun in Lyle's throat? That is AWESOME!

Sydney and Parker both warned the Centre about severing the emotional umbilical. This is exactly what I'd expect Jarod to do. He's always been crazy. He's good crazy part of the time and a hellion the rest of the time. I so enjoy reading you Mirage. I've missed this.

I don't know how you do it at all. You somehow put the right amounts of humor, darkness, adventure, tension, action, all the elements you little chemist you.  Too much of any of those could spoil the story you're telling. You always blow me away.  Case in point. Lyle hitting Jarod and then cheering is hilarious. He's never bested Jarod this way. Lyle is a child sometimes, like the Jarod, Parker, Angelo. They are children who didn't properly grow up. You demonstrate that exquisitely.

Tehehee. Jarod ruined all of Lyle's fun. I love their rivalry. Brilliant brilliant writing Mirage.

Tight story all the way. This chapter is really tight. You start revealing everything and let it unfold naturally. That requires some talent and you seem to filled with talent.